Safety-razor.



0. A. CLARK.

SAFETY RAZOR.

.APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2a, 1908.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY OSROE A. CLARK, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.-

.Patented April 13, 1909.

Application led September 23, 1908. Serial No. 454,371.

To all wwm it may vanvera:

Be it known that I, OsRoE A. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and use- Yful Improvements vin Safety-Razors; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, -which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a safety razor which embodies a handle that grasps the guard and a ciampi plate, between these two latter being insta led the blade having a multiplicity of edges in register with a multiplicit of edges on the uard so that the land e acts to hold the b ade in place withoutperforating the blade. When a blade is perforated, as is necessar in a number of makes of razors, the thin blades are cracked when they are tempered, and there is a considerable loss and Waste of material under these conditions.

The hereindescribed razor comprises a handle with spring arms to bear over on the corners of the clampin plate, or on the blade, and having a vcentral element to be pro'- jected up against the under side of the guard which is underthe blade, and thus act to draw the parts ti htly together.

A still further o ject of the invention is to provide a razor, the edges of which will give dierent degrees of shaves, that is one edge will give a medium shave,`another edge a close shave, and still another edge might be made so that it 'ves a very close shave. The closeness of t e shave is regulated according to the difference in the dlstances between the blade and the guard, and in order to bring the dierences about, the guard underneath the cutting edge of the blade is cut away for different distances, or not at all, so that the different edges will give dif ferent shaves.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in Which- Figure 1 is a top view ofthe razor, and Fig. 2 is a section on line .2, 2, in Fig. 1.

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are enlarged detail views showing the different kindsof teeth on the guard to ugive the dierent kinds of shavesl The razor comprises a guard 10 which has 'l can make one or more edges as in Fig the teeth 11 on its different edges, the edges being multiplied, but being preferably four, that is giving a s uare guard. On the guard -10 is placed a bla e 12 which has its opposite edges adapted to be parallelwith the opposite edges of the guard and'slightly drawn back so as not to cut the flesh in shaving. rl`he edges` of the blade are cutting edges. On top of the blade is placed a clamping plate 13 which has its corners 14 adapted to cover the corners of the blade, and on each corner 14 of the clamping plate is a finger 15 on the end of an arm 16, these arms being four in number and being made preferably of s )ring material so that when the guard, the lade and the clamping plate are assembled, the arms are sprung so that their fingers 15 settle into the notched portions 17 of the guard and are in position to hold'the parts together, the inward tendency of the hooks being increased by reason of the stem 18 which is in screw-threaded relation, at 19,v with the handle portion 20 which has an end or knob 21 by which it can be manipulated so as to force the fingers 15 in tight enga ement with the clamping plate and the lade. The

backing plate 13 can be flat or it can be,

rounded so as to present a guide for the angle at which the razor is held to the face when shaving.

To'. provide a means for giving different degrees oi' shaves, that is to make either a close or a medium shave, it is necessary to shave is desired, the tooth can be bent or c'ut do'wn as shown at 22 in` Fig. 4, this allowing the blade to stand out more from the guard and consequentl take off the hair closer to the skin. A. stil further degree of closeness can be arrived at by cutting the guard away more, which would provide a very close shave. This structure is shown in Fi 5.

In my razor with this multiplicity of e ges, 3, a remaining eige as in FigA, and still another edge as 1n ig. 5, so that by turnin the razor and usin a diii'erent edge, d' erent degreesof shaving can, be secured. 0n the other hand I can use the same edge of the edges will give.

a backing p razor until it is dull, shiftin lthis edge ofthe his razor is cheap to make, is compact and is quickly assembled and taken apart.-

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is f 1 1. A. safety razorucomprising a" uard having a plane bladefholding surface, a lade on the guard, and means for securing the blade and the guard'to ether with their' edges parallel, the edges o the guard having their to surfaces out away to form various s aces etween the guard and the edges of t e blade.

2. A safety razor comprising a uard having a plane blade holdin surface, a lade 4on the guard, the blade an the guard having a'multijlicity of op osite parallel edges, ate,'a hand e having arms to go over the corners of the backing plate, and

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adjustable means in the handle for engaging the back of the guard, the edges of the guard being eut away various distances to form various spaces between the guard and the blade. f i 3.' A. safety 'razor eomprisingga guard having a multiplicity of ed es, a lade havges parallel. with t e iedgtes of the guard, a backing plate on the lade, the edges of the guard being cut away. at various depths to form various spaces between the edges of the guard and the edges of the blade, a handle having spring arms, ngers on the ends of the arms to go over vthe corners of ,the backing plate, a stem inscrewthreaded relatlon with the handle and adapted to bear on the back oithe guard, and means on the projecting end of the' stem for its manual manipulation.

lntestimony, that l claim the :fore oing,

I have hereunto set my hand this 16th ay oi l September 1908. v

' @SHOE A. CLARE. Witnesses:

. E. A. PELL,

WM. H. Cammen. 

